Angry Scots ambush Ed Miliband during shopping centre visit

TARGET: Ed Miliband was jostled and abused in an Edinburgh shopping precinct [GETTY]

A mob of “Yes” supporters surrounded him as he toured a shopping centre in Edinburgh.

Shadow Scottish Secretary Margaret Curran tried to push back the demonstrators as Mr Miliband found himself pinned up against the window of hairdressing salon Supercuts.

Several of the protesters screamed “F***ing liar” at him.

“Ed Miliband was forced to abandon his walkabout in the St James shopping mall”

The Labour chief was forced to abandon his walkabout in the St James shopping mall.

But his treatment infuriated “No” campaigners, with East Kilbride Labour MP Michael McCann saying the SNP supporters’ behaviour was “utterly scandalous”. Mr Miliband’s ordeal came as the latest series of opinion polls suggested the outcome of tomorrow’s referendum vote remained on a knife-edge.

Meanwhile, millions of banknotes have been sent to Scotland in case of a “Yes” vote.

Bank chiefs fear many Scots will want to switch their money to England because of uncertainty over the future of Scotland’s currency.